Software designed to detect and remove spyware and other malicious programs from computer systems.
Compound word combining 'anti-' (against) with 'spyware'. Emerged in the early 2000s as spyware threats became widespread with internet adoption.
The antispyware industry emerged from the Wild West days of early internet computing, when downloading a single file could infect your computer with dozens of tracking programs that would slow it to a crawl.
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